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Knock Knock Pirate

By Caryl HartIllustrated by Nick East

E-Book

£P.O.R.

A pirate counting book that's full of surprises, from award-winning author Caryl Hart and bestselling illustrator Nick East!

A rhyming pirate counting book with a difference - the follow up to the hilarious Knock Knock Dinosaur - from award-winning author Caryl Hart, creator of Supermarket Zoo, and bestselling illustrator Nick East.

A visit from a pirate might sound like fun . . . but when the Captain's whole crew turn up too - causing mayhem and chaos - it's time for this little girl to panic. What is Dad going to say when he gets home?!

Caryl Hart has won the Stockport Children's Book Award, the Oldham Brilliant Books Award, the Rotherham Children's Book Award, and has been shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award.

Follow Caryl at carylhart.com and @carylhart1

Find Nick at nickeastillustration.com

Biographical Notes

Caryl Hart (Author) Caryl Hart is the author of many bestselling books for children, including the hugely successful How to Grow A Dinosaur and The Princess and the Peas. She is the winner of the Stockport Children's Book Award, the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Share a Story Award. Caryl lives on the top of a windy hill in the Peak District with her guitar-playing husband, two cheeky daughters, one extremely fluffy black cat, a goldfish, four hens and an invisible dog called Paddy.

Nick East (Illustrator) Nick East works as a children's book illustrator from a studio in the beautiful city of York, which he shares with two illustrator friends, a whippet called Alfie and a huge lurcher called Basil. He is the illustrator of the bestselling Goodnight Digger series. When not illustrating, he is out riding bikes and spending time with his family.

Other details

ISBN:
9781444928518

Publication date:
11 Jan 2018

Page count:

Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books

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